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I've got troubles to answer some of the gmat prep questions. The solutions will be appreciated with kudos  . Thanks for the help
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22 Aug 2009, 13:58
perfectstranger wrote: I've got troubles to answer some of the gmat prep questions. The solutions will be appreciated with kudos . Thanks for the help assume teams a,b,c to minimize points for c maximize those of a,b max points a can get is =<6 if we assumed they earned the first place = 5 points, and they have earned the 5 th place = 1 point for team b 2 nd place = 4, 4th place = 2 ie: total of 6 points now for c ( 1,2,5,4 places are taken) then c is left with 3rd place ...total points = 3
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Re: gmat prep-race tough [#permalink]
22 Aug 2009, 14:16
When the question says "there were no tie"
does it mean that no two team had the same number of point? or no two athletes arrived at the same time?
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22 Aug 2009, 14:20
madeinafrica wrote: When the question says "there were no tie"
does it mean that no two had the same number of point? or no two athletes arrived at the same time? isn't it the same??? (6-n) assume 2 finished in the 3rd place(n=3)
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Re: gmat prep-race tough [#permalink]
22 Aug 2009, 15:35
yep
i think two teams can have 6 points each.
I don't know why I first though this couldn't be the case...
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Re: gmat prep-race tough [#permalink]
22 Aug 2009, 15:43
yezz wrote: perfectstranger wrote: I've got troubles to answer some of the gmat prep questions. The solutions will be appreciated with kudos . Thanks for the help assume teams a,b,c to minimize points for c maximize those of a,b max points a can get is =<6 if we assumed they earned the first place = 5 points, and they have earned the 5 th place = 1 point for team b 2 nd place = 4, 4th place = 2 ie: total of 6 points now for c ( 1,2,5,4 places are taken) then c is left with 3rd place ...total points = 3 so yezz is 3 is the least possible score a team can score ? I did not get the point sorry 
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22 Aug 2009, 18:29
yezz wrote: perfectstranger wrote: I've got troubles to answer some of the gmat prep questions. The solutions will be appreciated with kudos . Thanks for the help assume teams a,b,c to minimize points for c maximize those of a,b max points a can get is =<6 if we assumed they earned the first place = 5 points, and they have earned the 5 th place = 1 point for team b 2 nd place = 4, 4th place = 2 ie: total of 6 points now for c ( 1,2,5,4 places are taken) then c is left with 3rd place ...total points = 3 I did not understand two points ; 1) question says 3 teams were allowed to enter with 3 members but there is only 5 available . It has confused my mind. 2)Why 1 is not the answer(the least possible score) ? If it is possible '' they have earned the 5 th place = 1 point
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perfectstranger wrote: yezz wrote: perfectstranger wrote: I've got troubles to answer some of the gmat prep questions. The solutions will be appreciated with kudos . Thanks for the help assume teams a,b,c to minimize points for c maximize those of a,b max points a can get is =<6 if we assumed they earned the first place = 5 points, and they have earned the 5 th place = 1 point for team b 2 nd place = 4, 4th place = 2 ie: total of 6 points now for c ( 1,2,5,4 places are taken) then c is left with 3rd place ...total points = 3 so yezz is 3 is the least possible score a team can score ? I did not get the point sorry
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perfectstranger wrote: yezz wrote: perfectstranger wrote: I've got troubles to answer some of the gmat prep questions. The solutions will be appreciated with kudos . Thanks for the help assume teams a,b,c to minimize points for c maximize those of a,b max points a can get is =<6 if we assumed they earned the first place = 5 points, and they have earned the 5 th place = 1 point for team b 2 nd place = 4, 4th place = 2 ie: total of 6 points now for c ( 1,2,5,4 places are taken) then c is left with 3rd place ...total points = 3 I did not understand two points ; 1) question says 3 teams were allowed to enter with 3 members but there is only 5 available . 3 from each team however we have 2 constraints a) only 5 from all teams can win (1<=n<=5) b) the max points any team can get is 62)Why 1 is not the answer(the least possible score) ? If it is possible '' they have earned the 5 th place = 1 point
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1 2 3 points a 1 5 5+1 = 6 b 2 4 4+2 =6 c 3 position 3 Bottom line is two teams get max points for the 3rd one to have min points = 3.
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1 2 3 points a 1 5 5+1 = 6 b 2 4 4+2 =6 c 3 position 3 Bottom line is two teams get max points for the 3rd one to have min points = 3.
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